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The movie had nine songs in it. One song has been covered in the past.

Here is the second song from “Adalat” (1948) to appear in the blog. This song is sung by Mohantarar Talpade and Rafi. Mahipal (later known as an actor) is the lyricist. Music is composed by Datta Davjekar.

Only the audio of the song is available. I request our knowledgeabl readers to throw light on the movie as well as on the picturisation of the song.

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This Kaalpnik (fantasy) movie had eight songs in it. Four of these songs have been covered in the past.

Here is the fifth song from “Cobra Girl”(1963) to appear in the blog. This song is sung by Asha Bhonsle. Prem Dhawan is the lyricist. Music is composed by S N Tripathi.

The song is picturised as a dancing under duress song on Raagini in the court of evil King played by Tiwari, while the hero Mahipal is duly tied up along with his sidekicks.:) So here is a forerunner of the “Sholay” (1975) song Aa jab tak hai jaan main naachoongi. 🙂

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Missing Films of 1960s – 55
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Today’s debut film is Shri Ram Bharat Milan, from 1965.

Today is also the birth anniversary of Kavi Pradeep, one of the leading poets who wrote for Hindi films, during the 1940s, 50s and 60s.

The film is produced under the banner of RM Art Productions Bombay, and is directed by Mani Bhai Vyas. The cast of actors listed for this film are Mahipal, Anita Guha, Nirupa Roy, Rajkumar, Aruna Irani, B M Vyas, Niranjan Sharma, Vanmala, Prithviraj, Balakram, Sulochana. The listings show that there are six songs in this film, all written by Kavi Pradeep. The music for the film is composed by Pandit Shivram. This particular song is a twin dance song sung by Asha Bhosle, Usha Mangeshkar and supported by chorus.

Time was 1960s, and religious films still had a popular following. And the producers community also had an ongoing interest, to continue making films based on our scriptures and ancient history, ensuring that these stories do not fade away from public memory. Their objective was also to ensure that the teachings of the epic stories associated with religion, continue to be passed on to the newer generations. It was a matter of personal and collective responsibility that the film makers and other artists would continue to get together and make such films. Sadly, in the recent decades, this awareness and this responsibility has become a thing of the past.

In 1965, two films were released narrating the story of brotherly love between Sri Ram and Sri Bharat. The other film is titled ‘Bharat Milap’. That film has already made its debut on our blog.

The scene enacted in this song is during the initial days of the vanvaas – the sojourn of Sri Ram to the forests for a period of 14 years, accompanied by Sita ji and Lakshman Bhaiya. As they reach the banks of River Ganga, they have to seek help of the boatmen to cross the river. This episode is a one of the most emotional and well documented episodes in the Ramayan. Nishad Raj Guh, the chief of the boatmen community, and Kevat, one of the boatmen in this community, play very significant roles in this episode.

As is also given in the description of this episode in the Ramayan, the boatmen community do not want Sri Ram to leave their humble village, and request Him to consider staying with them, for the duration of the forest sojourn. But of course Sri Ram has other things in mind, that He has to accomplish during these fourteen years. In this clip from the film, this request to Sri Ram is being presented as a dance. The two lead dancers – I am not able to place a name to these faces, and I request other knowledgeable readers to please help to identify them.

A very interesting thing about the construction of the song. The song is presented in two stanzas. As one hears them, and then also views the lyrics, one realizes that each stanza is quite long (yes, a five plus minutes song has just two stanzas). And the construction of the stanzas is quite complex. Kudos to both the songwriter and the music director to build a very attractive song with such a complex composition.

Listen to and enjoy is delightful song of request, as the boatmen families are requesting to Sri Ram to make their village as His abode for the duration of the vanvaas. They are promising that they will build a city for Him, as beautiful as Ayodhya, His own home town. And they also promise that they will also bring the Saryu river to this place.

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Songs to Tickle Your Memory – 33
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wo jab yaad aaye bahut yaad aaye

yes, bahut yaad aaye. . . that voice – the magic, the magnetism, the feeling of surreal contentment that descends into the being, and ensconces it with a joyous delight. It is a voice, that now lives only in our memories, or in the ethereal sound waves. The memories are such, they will never be detached till the breaths last. And the sound – they say in our culture that sound is forever; it lives in the space for all times to come. And so will this voice. This voice – of Rafi Sb. This voice that went to sleep 36 years ago, today. 36 years seem to be a long time, a third of a human life already. But it seems just like, well, recently. And the affinity and the magic of this voice has only deepened with time.

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Mohammed Rafi : The Incomparable (II) – Song No. 01
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This is a revival of the series ‘Mohammed Rafi : The Incomparable(II)’. Part I of the series had reached perfect conclusion with the 10th song ‘na de ilzaam dil unn ko “. Now I feel that part II of the series is also called for. ‘Zarurat eejad ki maa hai’ meaning – necessity is the mother of invention. The saying in urdu felt believable when I was a child. If I ever say this front of my son, he is going to laugh at me, I am sure. He will have hundred examples to disprove the concept.Read more on this topic…

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“Makkhichoos” (1956) was directed by Ramchandra Thakur for Maya Pictures Production. The movie had Mahipal, Shyama, Gope, Jeevan, Leela Misra, Moti Sagar, Shammi etc in it.Read more on this topic…

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“Navrang” (1959) was one of the the first Hindi colour movies, following the lead of movies like “Aan” (1951), “Jhanak Jhanak Paayal Baaje” (1955), “Mother India” (1957) etc. “Navrang” (1959) was produced and directed by V Shantaram under his banner of Rajkamal. It had Mahipal, Sandhya, Nirmal Kumar, K. Date, Vandana, Agha, Baburao Pendharkar, Ullhas, Chandrakant Desai, Vatsala Deshmukh etc in it.Read more on this topic…